What is that thing?

Post by **MARS** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 4:26 pm

That thing.
What is it?

Argonanza · Post by **Argonanza** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 4:28 pm

Canditate 1: A Dunmer.
Candidate 2: A Goblin.
Canditate 3: A Draugr who uses a lot of skin care products.

Post by **MARS** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 4:29 pm

Or an orc

zzfallens · Post by **zzfallens** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 4:30 pm

I'm pretty sure thats a goblin. Hes inside some kinda cave and the things green with goblin-ish armor so im just assuming thats a goblin.

Post by **MARS** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 4:32 pm

Goblin is probably right. But that tall?

nyk45 · Post by **nyk45** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 4:33 pm

The other guy can be a Bosmer.

Post by **MARS** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 4:33 pm

The ears would hardly fit under that hood. And he looks...humanish. The hands are too big.

Argonanza · Post by **Argonanza** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 4:35 pm

mars wrote:The ears would hardly fit under that hood. And he looks...humanish. The hands are too big.

Hardly fit? We're not talking WoW here. Elvish ears aren't that big.

nyk45 · Post by **nyk45** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 4:36 pm

And we don't know how hoods and elves are going to go together in Skyrim.

Post by **MARS** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 4:37 pm

Argonanza wrote:
mars wrote:The ears would hardly fit under that hood. And he looks...humanish. The hands are too big.
Hardly fit? We're not talking WoW here. Elvish ears aren't that big.

Bosmer have much longer ears than the other mer.

zzfallens · Post by **zzfallens** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 4:42 pm

mars wrote:Goblin is probably right. But that tall?

The guy looks like his lifting him up and he's slightly bent over

Dlarsh · Post by **Dlarsh** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 4:53 pm

Not all goblins are short, either. I'm more inclined to say Dunmer though.

Korutsuru · Post by **Korutsuru** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 4:57 pm

My theory: Just a GOBLIN

i know it looks too tall for a globlin but watch the skin and the armor, maybe bethesda make them look more humanoid to avoid the "clipping" glitch for finishing moves and things like those.

The Skyrim Blog · Post by **The Skyrim Blog** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 4:58 pm

A green-skinned Dunmer? Hmmm

I'm going to say a slightly taller than average Goblin

Or an emaciated and short Orc

Korutsuru · Post by **Korutsuru** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 5:01 pm

bethesda isn't showing playable races yet.

ALSO THAT THING ISN'T THAT TALL WATCH THE MURDERER HE IS CROUCHING, IS JUST A GOBLIN

Dlarsh · Post by **Dlarsh** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 5:12 pm

It's possible Bethesda made them more humanoid, but given the proportions they have on the giants, I don't see why that would be necessary. The armor itself isn't very goblinesque either; in fact, close examination of the GI magazine image (which is much brighter, and shows the skin as blue rather than green) on page 50 and the shot of the Dragonborn cutting down what is clearly an NPC on page 51 shows that both our mystery figure and the aforementioned NPC are both wearing the same cuirass (or at least the same shoulder guard). This doesn't rule out goblins equipping actual playable armor now, but it seems like an odd choice for such primitive creatures.

JockoBeans · Post by **JockoBeans** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 9:28 pm

It could be a goblin. I think it might be related to the ones from Morrowind. There are two species of them and the ones from Morrowind are mor intelligent and capable of making things like armor; that is not scraps like Cyrodiil Goblins.

Then again are't those ones kinda hunchbacked?

The thing in the picture doesn't seemed hunchbacked.

Chaos the N'wah · Post by **Chaos the N'wah** » Sun Apr 03, 2011 12:39 am

Unless Bethesda decided to completely change the look of goblins in game, I doubt it's a goblin. examples: Morrowind, Oblivion. Redguard's goblins look impish or like Orcs.

My guess is one of the following A) a Dunmer, B) a Falmer or C) something new / lesser known/used humanoid.

DaKizmasta · Post by **DaKizmasta** » Sun Apr 03, 2011 4:33 am

I'd say its a dunmer. Just because its wearing greenish armour doesnt automatically make it a goblin, it could be armour of anykind that players can wear.

Vendetta · Post by **Vendetta** » Sun Apr 03, 2011 4:44 am

To be 100% honest, I don't care, I'm just appreciating the nice combat animation and environment

Dark Spark · Post by **Dark Spark** » Sun Apr 03, 2011 4:59 am

It's an Orc, looking for a hug. Nobody loves it when an Orc tries to hug them.

Vendetta · Post by **Vendetta** » Sun Apr 03, 2011 5:03 am

Looks to scrawny to be an orc

Old Greg · Post by **Old Greg** » Sun Apr 03, 2011 6:23 am

Hmmmm, The Escapist seems to think its a Orc....
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/vi ... im-Screens

Spiney · Post by **Spiney** » Sun Apr 03, 2011 7:50 am

My money is on a sub-variant of Orc, one that isn't over-bulging with Muscles.

ZombieMonkeyNZ · Post by **ZombieMonkeyNZ** » Sun Apr 03, 2011 8:56 am

By the looks of it, the dude being stabbed is a Dunmer, if you look at the ear structure, you'll notice that the top if it is longer than most ears. Also the skin complexion, it matches that of a Dunmer.
As for the other guy, I'd say he's either Breton, or Imperial, most likely Imperial. The skin complexion matches, so does the height.

And can someone please tell me how they look like goblins? I've seen the Tribunal goblins, and they look nothing like that. But I haven't seen the Redguard goblins, so...

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